Smithsonian Channel
Canada
Smithsonian Channel is a Canadian television service that draws on archival footage and documentary storytelling to explore topics in science, history, nature, and culture. Its programming typically includes long-form documentaries and series that examine subjects such as aviation, space exploration, wildlife, and world events. The channel is available to viewers in Canada through cable and satellite providers, and some content may also be accessible via streaming platforms or on-demand services. The focus remains on factual, non-fiction material rather than entertainment or reality-based shows.
Programma
00:00 - 01:00
Combat Ships
Top Guns
Series, Documentary, Military, War
A look at how navy weapons have evolved over the centuries, from cannons to gun turrets to nuclear missiles and beyond.
01:00 - 02:00
Rise of Dictators
Holding On to Power
Series, Documentary, History
Dictators are characterized as charismatic, narcissistic and sadistic, but most of all by their thirst for power; once in power, holding on to it requires negotiation, coercion and force.
02:00 - 03:00
How Did They Build That?
Canyons & Curves
Series, How-to
Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon; the Gateway Arch takes shape in St. Louis; an unpromising plot in Copenhagen, Denmark, is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office.
03:00 - 04:00
Inside Pyramids
Khufu: The Secret Chamber's Revelations
Series, Documentary, Ancient history
Takes an unprecedented look inside the secret chambers of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, and see what they reveal about the pyramid's origins.
04:00 - 05:00
The Pharaohs: Greater than the Pyramids
Djoser, le destin du premier pharaon bâtisseur
Series, History
Part 2/6. Uncover the secrets of the Old Kingdom ruler who revolutionized architecture alongside his vizier, Imhotep; piece together the mysterious life of the very first king to build a step pyramid in the heart of a grandiose and complex burial site.
05:00 - 06:00
How Did They Build That?
Canyons & Curves
Series, How-to
Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon; the Gateway Arch takes shape in St. Louis; an unpromising plot in Copenhagen, Denmark, is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office.
06:00 - 07:00
Inside Pyramids
Khufu: The Secret Chamber's Revelations
Series, Documentary, Ancient history
Takes an unprecedented look inside the secret chambers of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, and see what they reveal about the pyramid's origins.
07:00 - 08:00
The Pharaohs: Greater than the Pyramids
Djoser, le destin du premier pharaon bâtisseur
Series, History
Part 2/6. Uncover the secrets of the Old Kingdom ruler who revolutionized architecture alongside his vizier, Imhotep; piece together the mysterious life of the very first king to build a step pyramid in the heart of a grandiose and complex burial site.
08:00 - 09:00
How Did They Build That?
Canyons & Curves
Series, How-to
Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon; the Gateway Arch takes shape in St. Louis; an unpromising plot in Copenhagen, Denmark, is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office.
09:00 - 10:00
Inside Pyramids
Khufu: The Secret Chamber's Revelations
Series, Documentary, Ancient history
Takes an unprecedented look inside the secret chambers of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, and see what they reveal about the pyramid's origins.
10:00 - 11:00
Mysteries From Above
It's Getting Hot in Here
Series, Documentary
Get a bird's-eye view of a mysterious explosion in China and a quickly melting glacier on Earth's iciest continent; investigate an orange haze enveloping the Big Apple, then float over a toxic, too-hot-to-handle lake in New Zealand.
11:00 - 12:00
Extreme Weather Salvage
America's Biggest Shipwreck
Series, Weather, Reality
A mysterious object is raised from the depths of the ocean; a stranded speedboat; an elite crew works to salvage America's biggest shipwreck before hurricane season.
12:00 - 13:00
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Buller River
Series, Documentary, Travel
Tackling the grade 6 rapids and untamed waters of the Buller River on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, blessed by a Māori elder of the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō.
13:00 - 14:00
Mysteries From Above
Disasters
Series, Documentary
Examine mysterious holes in Israel; explore a ghost village hidden in the Colombian jungle, a shipwreck off the coast of Sri Lanka and a gutted airplane fuselage abandoned in Iceland.
14:00 - 15:00
Extreme Weather Salvage
The Moment of Truth
Series, Weather, Reality
A salvage maestro returns to raise more valuable tropical hardwood trying not to wreck his own boat in the process; the multimillion dollar operation to salvage America's biggest shipwreck.
15:00 - 16:00
World's Most Scenic River Journeys
Buller River
Series, Documentary, Travel
Tackling the grade 6 rapids and untamed waters of the Buller River on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island, blessed by a Māori elder of the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō.
16:00 - 17:00
Mysteries From Above
Disasters
Series, Documentary
Examine mysterious holes in Israel; explore a ghost village hidden in the Colombian jungle, a shipwreck off the coast of Sri Lanka and a gutted airplane fuselage abandoned in Iceland.
17:00 - 18:00
Extreme Weather Salvage
The Moment of Truth
Series, Weather, Reality
A salvage maestro returns to raise more valuable tropical hardwood trying not to wreck his own boat in the process; the multimillion dollar operation to salvage America's biggest shipwreck.
18:00 - 19:00
Buried Evidence
Ancient Architecture
Series, History
Puzzling over history-making structures and artifacts; Searching for clues about civilization's origins in Göbekli Tepe, visiting a German statue that reveals symbolic thought; witnessing the brutality of colonization in a Mexican skull tower.
19:00 - 20:00
Buried Evidence
Out of Place
Series, History
Learning how displaced artifacts spark fresh investigations and rewrite timelines; unearthing a forgotten tragedy in a remote mountain lake in India, checking out footprints that change human migration stories; reopening an ancient cold case.
20:00 - 21:00
How Did They Build That?
Canyons & Curves
Series, How-to
Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon; the Gateway Arch takes shape in St. Louis; an unpromising plot in Copenhagen, Denmark, is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office.
21:00 - 22:00
Inside Pyramids
Khufu: The Secret Chamber's Revelations
Series, Documentary, Ancient history
Takes an unprecedented look inside the secret chambers of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, and see what they reveal about the pyramid's origins.
22:00 - 23:00
The Pharaohs: Greater than the Pyramids
Djoser, le destin du premier pharaon bâtisseur
Series, History
Part 2/6. Uncover the secrets of the Old Kingdom ruler who revolutionized architecture alongside his vizier, Imhotep; piece together the mysterious life of the very first king to build a step pyramid in the heart of a grandiose and complex burial site.
23:00 - 00:00
How Did They Build That?
Canyons & Curves
Series, How-to
Engineers grapple with an apartment building, ripped apart by a man-made canyon; the Gateway Arch takes shape in St. Louis; an unpromising plot in Copenhagen, Denmark, is transformed by a gleaming new triangular office.